The bunker could house the US Congress.

A bunker under an American hotel was designed to protect government officials in the event of a nuclear war.

The entrance to the bunker is behind a 28-ton door. Photo: GreenbrierWV — The entrance to the bunker is behind a 28-ton door. Photo: *GreenbrierWV*

The luxury Greenbrier Hotel in Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, sits above an underground emergency bunker 740 feet below ground, developed in 1958 to house US politicians in the event of a nuclear attack, according to the Mail . False walls in the hotel conceal a 20- to 28-ton blast door that leads to a reinforced concrete bunker that includes 1,100 beds, a conference room and an intensive care unit.

The government evacuation facility, nicknamed “The Greek Island,” once housed six months’ worth of supplies, including food, water, and medicine. It’s unclear whether the U.S. Congress ever moved into the underground bunker, but the facility was decommissioned in 1992 and opened to the public.

During the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the threat of nuclear war worried politicians. The U.S. government bought the resort from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in 1942 and the two-and-a-half-year construction of the Greek Island shelter began.

The sprawling underground facility houses everything needed to sustain life in the event of a nuclear attack. Towering doors protect those inside from radioactive fallout, bomb blasts, or intruders. Some doors are hidden behind wallpapered walls or fake doors. A chemical decontamination chamber inside the entrance washes radioactive dust off evacuees in the bunker. In addition to living, meeting, and medical rooms, the facility has an operations room equipped with weapons and communications equipment to ensure the safety of its occupants.

Over the years, government workers disguised themselves as hotel electricians, replenishing the bunker's supplies. In 1992, when the Washington Post reported on the bunker, interviews with construction workers and government officials revealed the scope of the project. The federal government quickly dismantled the bunker. After two years of renovations, the facility opened to the public in 2006.

An Khang (According to Mail )

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